I got off the bus with everyone else at the entrance to band camp. My first year at band camp, I was excited. I walked over to the mess hall like everyone else and sat down in a chair.

Once everyone was seated, the camp director started speaking, "Welcome to the Best of the Best Band Camp, I'm sure you'll all have a great time here. I am Mr. Ginn. Now let me get started by telling you how an average day will be like here. Nine AM, we have breakfast in the cafeteria. Ten to eleven is band practice. At one, lunch in the cafeteria. Dinner is at six. The rest of the day there will be various activities, which you will all get a schedule of. There is no bedtime, but remember that breakfast is at nine. Also, if anyone in your cabin wants to turn the lights off, you must. You can turn on a flashlight if you want. Now, most of you will be sharing a cabin with one or two others. While some of you may be lucky enough to get one of our single cabins. Don't get your hopes up, though, there's only a few. If anyone has a problem with cabin arrangements, please see me. Now, we are going to separate into grade groups so you can get the schedule, rules, and your cabin assignment. For those of you, who are going into ninth grade next year, please see Mrs. Dinyar to my left. Future tenth graders will meet outside with Mr. Finkle. Those of you who are going to be eleventh graders please see Mr. Tenner to my right and future twelfth graders see me on stage."

I walked over to Mrs. Dinyar, and took the papers she was handing out to everyone.

When she was finished, she said "I'm going to read out the names of everyone and their cabin number now; you can look on your map to see where it is. There are cabins set aside for girls and boys. Girls will have cabins on the right side of the camp, boys on the left. When I call your name you can go to your cabin"

While I was waiting for her to call my name, I looked around, there were about twenty people in all. I was wondering if I'd make any friends while I was here when Mrs. Dinyar called out my name, "Amy Juergens, you're in cabin 10. It's a single cabin".

I heard a few people murmur things like "Lucky" when I walked past them to go to my cabin. I wasn't sure if having a single cabin would be a good or a bad thing, maybe I would have a better chance making some friends if I shared a cabin. Oh well, I thought.

I opened the door of my new cabin, it was pretty small. It was furnished with only a twin size bed and a dresser. There was also a door leading to what I assumed was the bathroom. I unpacked my clothes into the dresser drawer and then pulled out my comforter, sheets, and pillows I had brought and made the bed. The room looked a lot nicer with the bed made.

As I was about to see what the bathroom looked like, I heard Mr. Ginn over the speaker, "Everyone, please head over to the cafeteria for lunch".

I walked over to the cafeteria and went over to grab a tray, I moved through the line and walked back to my table with macaroni and cheese and a fruit salad.

As I was eating, the cutest guy I had ever seen came up to me.

"You're Amy, right? Amy Juergens?" he asked.

"Yeah, that's me," I answered.

"I'm Ricky; I heard you were going to Grant in the fall."

"Yeah, Grant High School, you mean," I said and then immediately afterwards thought 'What else would he mean?'

"Yeah, Grant High School. That's my school; we'll be going to the same school. We'll be in the same band. Do you mind if I sit down?"

"Sure," I said and he sat down. I looked around, wondering 'Does he want me to get up?'

"I'm sorry, were you waiting for someone? A boyfriend maybe? "

"Me? No, I don't have a boyfriend"

"Come on, a girl as pretty as you doesn't have a boyfriend?"

I smiled, "No"

"Why not?"

"I don't know…I don't want a boyfriend. I'm not that interested in guys right now"

"Oh, you go the other way, nothing wrong with that."

"No, no…I just…I like boys…I mean I like girls too, but…"

"Nothing wrong with that"

I laughed, "No, it's just…I don't have a boyfriend. I mean I have a couple of really close girlfriends. Friends who are girls…"

"But you don't have a boyfriend…I was wondering, maybe we could do something today?"

"I'd like that"

"There's some trails for walking around here that we can go on, how about I meet you at your cabin in an hour?"

"Okay, I'm cabin ten"

As he got up he said, "See you later Amy"

I was reading a book I'd brought, waiting for Ricky, when I heard a knock on my door. I got up and opened it, Ricky was standing there.

"Hi, Amy"

"Hi, I said stepping out the door"

As we were walking over to the trail I tried to think of something to talk about.

"So, what instrument do you play?" I finally asked.

"Drums…You?"

"The french horn," I answered.

We were at the start of the trail.

"It's about a mile long, is that okay?" Ricky asked.

"Yeah, that's fine."

"So, when did you start playing?" he asked.

"In the fifth grade," I answered.

"Cool, I started playing when I started middle school"

We came to a bench, and Ricky said, "How about we sit down and take a break?"

"Sure," I answered as I sat down.

"So what do you like to do for fun?" he asked.

"Umm…Hang out with friends. I've had the same two best friends since the third grade, Lauren and Madison. They'll be going to school with us."

He nodded, "You're really pretty, you know that?"

I smiled, not knowing what to say.

He leaned in and kissed me. I had never been kissed before, but it was amazing. I looked up at him, and he smiled back at me.

"So, we should probably get back on the trail," I said as I stood up quickly.

Ricky chuckled quietly as he stood up. He put his arms around my waist and started kissing me again. It seemed like an eternity before he pulled away.

"So, are you sure you don't have a boyfriend?" Ricky asked as we began walking again.

"No…What makes you say that?"

"You're a good kisser, that's all"

"Oh," I mumbled.

I could here him chuckle quietly again. We talked until we were at my cabin again.

"Well, thanks for taking me on that trail"

"Your welcome, Amy"

I opened the door. "Did you, uh, want to come in?"

"Sure," he said, stepping in.

Seeing as it was the only place to sit, we both sat down on my bed.

"I have a single cabin too"

"It's nice not having to share with anyone, isn't it?" I asked.

"Yeah, it is," he said as he leaned in to kiss me. We started making out as he pushed me down onto the bed. Before I knew it he had rolled me over so that I was on top of him. When we had stopped, I was lying on top of him while his hands were moving up and down my back.

"You're really good at that, Amy"

I didn't know how to reply, and then rolled me over again so that he was holding himself over me with his arms. He started kissing my neck when the speaker went on and Mr. Ginn said "Everyone please report to the mess hall so we can go over the papers you received."

Ricky and I got off the bed. "Sorry that we were interrupted," Ricky said.

I laughed a little, "That's okay; maybe we could start where we left off when we're done at the mess hall"

'Did I just say that?' I thought to myself.

"Good idea," he said before we walked out and over to the mess hall.

After Mr. Ginn explained everything, everyone was required to go around and see the different activities in grade level groups, so our plan was ruined.

I walked around with my group to look at the lake, where you could swim and go boating, the art room, the various trails, the football and soccer fields, the basketball court, the room for cooking classes, the game room, and other activities. It looked like there would be a lot to do besides play the french horn here.

Afterwards I went back to my cabin, hoping Ricky would stop by.

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Ricky's POV

I was disappointed that we had to go look at the activities, because that meant me and Amy couldn't go back to her cabin. Man, was she hot. Hopefully she'd be pretty easy. As I walked around with my grade level group, I caught a girl looking at me. I looked at her and winked. She giggled a bit. After we were finished, she came over to me.

"Hi, I'm Maddie"

"I'm Ricky. I don't have anything to do right now, would you want to come over to my cabin?"

"Sure"

We walked over to my cabin and I led her in.

"Oh, you have a single cabin. That's lucky; I have a cabin that I have to share with two other girls"

"That's too bad," I said leaning in to kiss her. She didn't pull away. She pushed me onto my bed and started to take off my clothes. I did the same. Wow, was that easy.

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Amy's POV

Ricky didn't stop by my cabin, and so I walked over to the cafeteria for dinner disappointed. Maybe he actually thought I was an awful kisser. He was probably glad he got to get away from me.

I sat down at a table with a tray of what we were having for dinner: chili and cornbread.

A girl came up to my table, "Can I sit here?" she asked.

"Sure," I replied.

She sat down, "Hi, my name's Morgan"

"Hi, I'm Amy"

She took a drink from her milk carton, "So, what instrument do you play?"

"French horn, and what do you play?"

"The trumpet"

I left the cafeteria disappointed that Ricky wasn't actually interested in me but also glad I had made a friend at camp.

In my dorm, as I was brushing my teeth I heard a knock at my door. I went over to answer it. To my surprise, it was Ricky.

"Hi, Amy, I'm sorry I didn't come back after we looked at activities but I was talking to some friends. And I saw you at dinner but didn't want to interrupt you, since I saw you with someone."

"Oh, that's okay"

"Can I come in?"

"Sure"

He stepped in, put his arms around me, and began making out with me. He moved down to my neck and then took off my shirt. I wasn't quite sure how to respond to what was going on, so I just went with it. He pulled off his shirt and unhooked my bra as if he'd done it a million times before. The rest of our clothes were off in no time.

When it was over he had put on his clothes and left saying, "I better go, see you tomorrow."

'What have I just done?' I thought before falling asleep.

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The next morning

Ricky's POV

I woke up and headed for the bathroom, thinking about what had happened yesterday. 'Wow, two girls in one day' I thought, turning on the shower.

After I was dressed I headed over to the cafeteria for breakfast. I grabbed a tray and put some pancakes and fruit on it. I looked around, and saw Amy sitting alone. 'Great' I thought heading over to her table.

"Hey Amy" I said coolly.

"Hi"

"Mind if I sit down?"

"No…I don't mind"

I sat down and smiled at her. "So do you have any plans for today?"

"Um…Yes. I think I'll go swimming and check out that cooking class"

'Darn it' I thought before saying, "Oh, sounds like fun"

"Do you have anything planned?"

"No…Maybe I could join you?"

"Sure"

After breakfast I walked over with Amy to her cabin so she could get her french horn. We walked over to the room for band practice.

After band practice I saw Amy walking over to the cooking class room. When I caught up to her I said jokingly, "Trying to ditch me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," she said nervously.

"Relax, I was just joking," I said as I put my arm around her.

We walked into the cooking class and sat down at a table.

After cooking class, Amy went to her cabin to put on her swim suit and so did I. We both met over at the lake. She looked great in her bikini; I pulled her over closer to me and kissed her.

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Amy's POV

I pulled away from the kiss and jumped into the lake. Ricky followed.

"I had a lot of fun last night, Amy" Ricky said as he swam closer.

"Uh…So…So did I" I stuttered.

"What's wrong, babe?"

"Nothing"

He swam closer and kissed me again, I could feel his hands moving everywhere on my body.

I pulled away, "Let's just swim, okay?"

"Why? What's wrong?" he came closer and put his arms around my waist.

"Nothing, really…I just want to swim"

"Come on, there's no one else here anyway…I like kissing you Amy"

"I'm just not in the mood"

"Are you upset about what happened last night? Didn't you enjoy it?"

"I didn't want it to happen that fast, Ricky!" I started crying.

"Then why didn't you stop me?" he pulled me close to him.

I pushed him away, "Just stop!"

"I don't want to stop," he said as he started to kiss me. He held me so tightly that I couldn't pull away. The only thing I could do was kiss him back. He started to undo my bikini top but I pushed him away.

"Ricky, please stop!"

"What's wrong?"

"I don't want to do that with you anymore!"

"Do what? Have sex?"

"Yes…Have…Have sex. I don't want to have sex with you anymore. I hardly know you!"

"You know me enough…"

"No, no I don't! Just leave me alone!"

He pulled himself back onto the dock, saying nothing and walking away.

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I avoided him the rest of band camp, but on the last day he tried to come up to me.

"Just leave me alone, Ricky"

I pushed him aside and got on the bus, I sat next to Morgan.

The ride home I tried to keep him out of my mind, but I couldn't. Just like I couldn't the entire summer.